MatthewHuttleJun 10, 20197 min9 - Woman as Temptress - One Compromise at a TimeOne of the most misunderstood sections of Campbell’s analysis is “Woman as Temptress”, this is due mostly to its title, but it is...
MatthewHuttleJun 3, 201910 min8 - Meeting with the Goddess - You Can't Pour from an Empty Vessel“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. The very cave you...
MatthewHuttleMay 27, 20199 min7 - Road of Trials - You Can't Live Without That FireThe stage that Campbell called the Road of Trials is where we get into the meat of the story, as it is here that the hero is truly...
MatthewHuttleMay 20, 20198 min6 - Belly of the Whale - Comfortable with DiscomfortThe Belly of the Whale starts the moment the hero realizes that he’s “not in Kansas anymore”, and begins to examine the Special World for...
MatthewHuttleMay 15, 20199 min5 - Crossing the First ThresholdThe First Threshold is the boundary between the hero’s ordinary world, and the special world. It is a point of no return; once crossed,...
MatthewHuttleMay 6, 201910 min4 - Supernatural Aid/Meeting the Mentor - Seed In ConsciousnessWhile it’s true that the hero can, and often does, receive aid at various points throughout their journey, in most cases, they cannot...